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Spiritism for
Kids
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Célia Xavier
Camargo -
Portuguese
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Year 8 -
N°
377 –
August 24,
2014
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Translation
Johnny Silveira
- silveirajohnny@yahoo.com |
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The House of Aid
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- Mom, what is
DEDICATION? -
the boy asked
his mother.
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His mother, who
at that moment
was beating the
batter of a cake
for the family,
after thinking a
little, answered:
- George, right
now I am "dedicating"
myself to
prepare the cake
we will eat at
snack time. Get
it?
- Got it, Mom.
And I "dedicate"
myself to do my
homework. But is
that it? My
teacher told us
to do a paper on
the subject of
DEDICATION.
- So, you'll
have to do a
little research.
You and I,
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right
now, are
dedicating
ourselves to
small tasks.
However,
dedication may
represent the
work of a
lifetime: as the
mission of
parents towards
their children,
for example. |
George nodded,
showing that he
had understood.
- As the doctor
with his
patients, the
professor with
his students
etc.
And George began
to look it up in
dictionaries,
encyclopedias,
books and
magazines.
The more he
sought the more
he found. And he
began to realize
how broad the
study about
Dedication is.
Starting with
the people
closest to him,
George
discovered that
his paternal
grandfather
devoted himself
to the Army all
his life; that
his grandmother
had devoted
herself to
teaching; that
his father,
besides their
family, was
devoted to the
bank for which
he worked. And
so on.
However, George
discovered more:
that there are
people who
devote
themselves to
others without
having the
obligation to do
so and without
it being a
profession or
receiving a
salary for the
service. Their
dedication in
such cases is
spontaneous and
is a
contribution to
the community.
And George,
excited, kept on
researching. He
talked to many
people, learned
excellent
examples, but
one of them
touched him
deeply in the
heart:
There was a lady
called Vera,
from a very poor
neighbourhood of
the city, who
knowing that
there children
were left home
alone while
their mothers
went to work
because they had
no one to leave
her children
with, became
worried and
decided to help.
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She went to talk
to the mothers
and offered to
care for the
children, taking
them to her home
and caring for
them while their
mothers worked.
Thus she
discovered that
not only they
were alone,
these children
also had nothing
to eat and were
starving.
What to do?
Because she did
not the
resources
herself, Vera
decided to ask
for some food
from those who
could help; she
also went to a
street
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market
and collected
what was left
over, bringing
it home, full of
joy for having
what to cook.
Then she cooked
the food and
served it to the
children. |
As the number of
needy families
only increased,
due to the
volume of
service, Vera
decided to talk
to the mothers
who to help her
out began taking
the children to
her home,
reducing her
tasks. Thus, the
oldest kids
helped to take
care of the
smaller children
and the babies.
Upon learning of
the volunteer
work that Vera
was doing, other
people decided
to help her with
food, diapers,
clothes, toys,
and also
mattresses, bed
linen and
blankets.
Because of that,
the conditions
of caring for
and feeding the
children
improved, who as
a consequence
began to enjoy
better health.
The most
important side
of that lady's
work was that
children also
improved in
behaviour,
becoming more
giggly and happy,
because all day
they received
care, attention,
affection and
especially love.
George did his
homework and
handed it to the
teacher, who was
moved as she
read it.
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She then asked
George to read
his work to the
whole class and
his classmates
cheered
enthusiastically.
Interested, his
classmates
wanted to visit
the House of Aid,
as it was called.
And they
volunteered to
help the
children who had
learning
problems at
school.
After an
analysis of all
the assignments
done by the
students, the
House of Aid won
first place and
was entitled "Dedication:
the goal of a
lifetime". |
And George, who
had made that
school
assignment,
impressed with
the dedication
of that woman,
also decided
that he would
too would get a
job that would
represent the
dedication of an
entire existence.
MEIMEI
(Psychographed
by Celia X. de
Camargo on
17/02/2014.)
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